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Google Has Been Breaching Dutch Law on Personal Data Protection
Dec 3, 2013A privacy watchdog said Thursday that Google has been breaching Dutch law on personal data protection since it introduced a new privacy policy last year. Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the College for the Protection of Personal Data, said ...
Tags: personal data, google, law
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Six European Data Protection Authorities Will Conduct Formal Investigations
Apr 7, 2013Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google's privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their requests that it reverse changes it made to the policy last March, they announced Tuesday. ...
Tags: Google, personal data
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European Data Protection Authorities to Conduct Investigations of Google's Privacy Policy
Apr 7, 2013Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google's privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their requests that it reverse changes it made to the policy last March, they announced Tuesday. ...
Tags: Data protection, software, Computer Products
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Instagram Asked a Court to Dismiss a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Changes
Feb 18, 2013Instagram has asked a court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against changes in its terms of use, holding that the petitioner had the option to terminate her account if she disagreed with the new terms. The photo-sharing service, ...
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Facebook's Search Tool Announcement May Not Have Thrilled Investors or Many of Its Users
Jan 18, 2013Facebook's search tool announcement may not have thrilled investors or many of its users, with both groups hoping for the release of a Facebook phone, but the social networking firm has added a new tool that allows users to make free calls. ...
Tags: Facebook, search tool, free calls
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Facebook Yesterday Unveiled Its Social Graph Feature Dubbed Graph Search
Jan 17, 2013Facebook yesterday unveiled its social graph feature dubbed Graph Search, which allows people to use the network as a search engine to find people, photos, places and interests. Further reading Facebook, Google attack MEP report ...
Tags: Facebook, social graph, Graph Search, network
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Google's CEO Larry Page Spoke for The First Time in Public in Months
Dec 28, 2012Google's CEO Larry Page spoke for the first time in public in months, addressing the company's annual Zeitgeist conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Page has not spoken in public since June, when a ...
Tags: Google, CEO, Larry Page, Zeitgeist conference
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Instagram Has Reverted The Advertising Section of Its New Privacy Policy
Dec 28, 2012IDG News Service - Facing user protests, Instagram has reverted the advertising section of its new privacy policy and terms of service to the original version in effect since the company launched its service. Going forward, rather than ...
Tags: Instagram, user protests, privacy policy, advertising products
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Instagram Will Not Start Selling Its Users' Photos
Dec 27, 2012Instagram has denied that it will start selling its users' photos, and tried to explain its updated privacy policy as it aims to put its disillusioned user base at ease. The website, which has about 100 million users, with roughly a third ...
Tags: privacy policy, Instagram, Facebook, users'photos
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Larry Page Addressing The Company's Annual Zeitgeist Conference in Paradise Valley
Dec 25, 2012Google's CEO Larry Page spoke for the first time in public in months, addressing the company's annual Zeitgeist conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Page has not spoken in public since June, when a ...
Tags: Google, CEO, Larry Page, Google I/O developer
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Instagram Is Preparing to Start Selling Its Users' Own Photos
Dec 21, 2012Instagram is preparing to start selling its users' own photos, according to its updated privacy policy published this week. The new policy for the photo-sharing service suggests that members' photos may be sold to advertisers in paid ...
Tags: Facebook, privacy policy, photo-sharing service, Twitter
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America Has Had Its Eye on Santa Claus
Dec 19, 2012For over 50 years,America has had its eye on Santa Claus.Since 1955,NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command)has been running a volunteer service and hotline to track the bearded gift-giver across the night skies. NORAD's legion of ...
Tags: North American, NORAD, Santa, Microsoft Azure, Christmas
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Instagram Will Start Selling Photos, and Tried to Explain Its Updated Privacy Policy
Dec 19, 2012Instagram has denied that it will start selling its users' photos, and tried to explain its updated privacy policy as it aims to put its disillusioned user base at ease. The website, which has about 100 million users, with roughly a third ...
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Privacy Groups Have Responded to Facebook's Published Intentions to Share Its Data
Nov 27, 2012Two internet privacy groups have responded to Facebook's published intentions to share its data with recently-acquired Instagram,as well as eliminate a user voting system and loosen restrictions on who can email users with unsolicited ...
Tags: internet privacy groups, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, data sharing
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Facebook Would Combine Data of Its Users with Those of Instagram
Nov 22, 2012Facebook plans to combine data of its users with those of Instagram,the photo-sharing service it acquired for$715m(£450m)last month,according to its just-released,updated privacy policy. The social media company wants to share data ...
Tags: Facebook, new privacy policy, data sharing with Instagram